ART online exam
Module 2: Key Images Examine the following Images for Module 2, as you interact with the course material for this module.
• Akkadian, Head of an Akkadian Ruler • Palace of Darius, Persepolis • Ka’ba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia • Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, begun 784-‐86 CE • Court of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, completed c. 1380 CE • Great Mosque, Samarra, 847-‐61 CE • Folio from a Qur’an on vellum, 9th – early 10th c, Dublin • Bihzad, The Seduction of Yusef, 1488 • Shaykhi, Bahram Gur in the Greeen Pavilion. 1480’s • Sultan-‐Muhammed, The Court of Gayumars, 1525-‐35 • Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman, c. 1555-‐60 • Exterior & Interior, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul • Koca Sinan, Selimiye Cami, Edirne, Turkey, 1568 – 74, interior & exterior • Vedat Dalokay, National Mosque of Pakistan, Islamabad, 1986
Key Terms Examine the following terms for Module 2, as you interact with the course material for this module.
• Lost-‐wax process • Heraldic symmetry • Animal style • Bronze age • Aniconic • Arabesque • Calligraphy • Dome-‐on-‐pendentives • Glaze • Iconoclasm • Illuminated manuscript • Iwan • Kufic • Mihrab • Minaret • Mosaics • Mosque • Qibla • Qur’an • Tesserae • vellum • voussoirs